How Did Pirates Acquire Bryan Reynolds?

Bryan Patrick Reynolds is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the United States.



Reynolds was drafted 59th overall in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the San Francisco Giants after playing collegiate baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores.

 Bryan Reynolds
Bryan Reynolds

Reynolds went to Brentwood High School and Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team.



Reynolds helped Vanderbilt win the College World Series as a freshman in 2014, hitting.338/.395/.480 with four home runs and 54 RBI in 72 games.

He hit .318/.388/.462 with five home runs and 49 RBI as a sophomore, appearing in 72 games. After the 2015 season, he joined the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League to play collegiate summer baseball.

He had a .330/.463/.603 batting line as a junior, with 13 home runs and 57 RBI.

Reynolds was taken in the second round of the 2016 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants. He joined the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and made his professional debut with them.

Later, he was assigned to the Augusta GreenJackets. Reynolds batted .313 with six home runs, 38 RBIs, and an.847 OPS in 56 games between Salem-Keizer and Augusta.

In 121 games with the San Jose Giants in 2017, he had a .312 batting average, ten home runs, and 63 RBIs. In 2017, he took part in the All-Star Futures Game.

How Did Pirates Acquire Bryan Reynolds?

In 2018, he was traded to the Pirates by the Giants. In 2019, he made his Major League Baseball debut, and in 2021, he was named to the All-Star team.